LI United to Transform Policing & Community Safety

12/19/2025

In case anyone forgot, racial disparities in Policing on LI continue to be a glaring issue 😡🤬 In fact, since 2020, the numbers have gotten even worse

Black people in Nassau and Suffolk were nearly 11 times as likely to experience police force as white people between 2021 and 2024, relative to population, Newsday’s analysis shows. Those figures are nearly double the statewide rate, where police use force against Black people 5.5 times as often as they do against white people.

Thank you, Newsday, for keeping this critical issue in the spotlight.

LI United to Transform Policing & Community Safety continues it's work on Traffic Safety, Police Accountability, and MH Crisis Response. Proud to continue to be a part of this important work
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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/investigations/suffolk-nassau-police-force-jm8rzcqh?fbclid=Iwb21leAOyevtjbGNrA7J6-WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtTfb7v8sMy2-RyFHlrY_G29w_fwXoDRZSwol3pblFfqSRbECCJ1LLFyqB9f_aem_Nr-oFAAkJm_mIT3DKsu4rQ

Five years after reforms, Black people were nearly 11 times as likely to experience police force as white people by Nassau and Suffolk police, Newsday found.

12/19/2025

More than 5 years removed from E.O. 203 police use of force remains disproportionate against people of color on Long Island an independent Newsday investigation concludes. Two members of our steering committee- Emily Kaufman and Susan Gottehrer were quoted in the article. Click the link in our story read for free.

08/14/2025

Long Island United to Transform Policing and Public Safety is disheartened, but not surprised, to hear that the DOJ has ended its oversight of the SCPD. We know that racial disparities continue to be rampant, and accountability continues to be deeply lacking. LIUTPCS remains commited to this critical work of police reform and ensuring community safety for ALL Long Islanders. Even though federal oversight has ended, we will continue to advocate and educate on behalf of residents.

08/06/2025

It’s not just about “bad apples” it’s about bad systems. What happened in Babylon, where EMS workers berated someone in crisis while police officers, who are supposed to “protect and serve”, stood by and did nothing, is sadly not surprising. The system is built to protect this kind of behavior. Without a bystander’s video, we’d never have known, and nothing would have been done.
In our coalition LI United to Transform Policing & Community Safety, we worked alongside the community to create the People’s Plan, which calls for mental health crises to be handled by trained mental health professionals, not left to those unqualified to respond with care. Yet, time and again, our governments refuse to address the root causes.
Contact your lawmakers and demand a new approach to mental health crises, one that puts care and humanity first.
Transforming Crisis Response
Create A New Crisis Response Model for Long Island that reforms 911 responses to ensure that call-takers can adequately and holistically assess callers in crisis, creates behavioral health co-responder teams composed of clinical professionals, trained peer specialists, and unarmed crisis responders, establishes a tiered response system to match the level and type of risk posed, and includes collection and reporting of comprehensive data on these calls and responses.
But rarely do our governments want to address the root causes of problems. Reach out to your law makers and demand a new way of handling mental health crisis.

08/04/2025

The Human Rights Commissions has released its Civilian Police Oversight Annual Report, in it detailing that within a 12-month period SCPD officers failed to activate their body worn cameras a total of 83 times.

“[N]ot using your body camera is obstructing justice, because we have a responsibility to make sure people’s rights are being protected and not being able to make sure that is happening, that means justice can’t be done,” said HRC member Carolyn G. Peabody.

Read the article here: https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk-police-misconduct-human-rights-report-body-cameras-np9wo6vf =newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=suffolk-news&lctg=279616bc37d490ba049c3cd9da4dda96bb385baf62ef4314a6fcdc59364cb7bf&utm_term=sub

As it currently stands, police have yet to establish clear disciplinary guidelines for officers who fail to activate body cameras. The department has also failed to provide HRC with officers’ complaint history. This reality is unacceptable and our communities deserve procedural means of redress.
Encourage family and friends to stay informed and stay involved by signing up to join our coalition: https://www.liunited.org/join

07/17/2025

📞 CALL NOW: Nassau County Executive’s office — (516) 571‑6600
Tell Bruce Blakeman and staff to
✖ RESCIND the executive order.
✖ REPEAL the full mask ban. No more gagging grassroots protest.

On July 11, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order allowing federal (including ICE), state, and local law enforcement to wear masks in public during so-called “approved operations.”
Just days earlier, he helped open a new police training village on the Nassau Community College campus—another move that militarizes our police and distances them further away from the communities they are sworn to protect.
These steps are not about safety.
They’re about secrecy and surveillance. Normalizing ICE raids and covert operations in our neighborhoods under the guise of “safety.”

We demand
✖ Rescinding of the executive order. There is no justification for mask-based privilege.
✖ Repeal the full mask ban. No more gagging grassroots protest.
📞 CALL NOW: Nassau County Executive’s office — (516) 571‑6600

I signed an order making it clear: Nassau cops can wear masks to protect themselves and their families during approved operations.

We banned masks for criminals — not for law enforcement. As assaults on officers rise, my administration stands firmly with the brave men and women who keep Nassau the safest county in America.



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06/27/2025

Just a few of the photos from our featured speakers at the Seeds of Change conference last Saturday. Thank you to Joe Prude, Amity Dimock, and Katie Wright for sharing with our audiences. If you missed the event or wanted to revisit the conversation checkout our webpage for video recordings from throughout the conference. https://www.liunited.org/our-wins

06/17/2025

💥Join us THIS Saturday, June 21st for NYS's Inaugural Police Reform Conference ✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾💜
**Tickets are going fast!! Get yours TODAY**
www.LIUnited.org/event-list
▪️Amazing featured speaker line-up
▪️Workshops by experts in the field
▪️Tabling and Networking opportunities
▪️Delicious breakfast and lunch included
▪️*FREE and discounted tickets available
**Let's plant the SEEDS OF CHANGE Together!**

06/09/2025

💥DID YOU THINK WE WERE DONE? 📢 On Saturday June 21st we are gathering leading voices from around New York to educate and plant the Seeds of Change! Including Cheryl Keshner and a panel of experts who will examine police accountability as it relates to our immigrant community members. You don’t want to miss it so secure your ticket at our website: liunited.org

06/09/2025

🗓️On June 21st, 2025, join us for the Seeds of Change Conference, a powerful day of truth-telling, healing, and reimagining what public safety really means.

🗣️Featuring a live conversation with nationally recognized civil rights leader, Tamika D. Mallory, a voice that’s been at the forefront of justice movements across the country.

She’ll be joined by Joe Prude, whose brother Daniel died after police restrained him during a mental health crisis…

Amity Dimock, whose autistic son Kobe was shot by officers called to help…

and Katie Wright, mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop.

We’re not just mourning

we’re educating and mobilizing.

🧠 Participate in interactive workshops led by grassroots organizers and national experts committed to transforming how we think about safety, without relying on violent, punitive systems.

📍 Location:

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock

48 Shelter Rock Rd, Manhasset, NY

🗓️ Date:

Saturday, June 21, 2025

🕘 9am to 4:30pm (Breakfast at 8am)

🎟️ www.liunited.org

06/07/2025

🚨Two weeks from Today🚨
Executive Order 203 failed to evaluate or review ANY of the proposed reform plans submitted by New York Law Enforcement Agencies. On June 21st we will envision and advocate for community safety that starts with reducing reliance on police in mental health crisis response, increasing transparency as a means for accountability, and reducing unnecessary police encounters. A huge factor often ignored are the policing incentives and models used to determine officers’ promotions. We are proud to host NYCLU as they lead a presentation on “Changing the Culture: How Policing Models and Incentives Define Policing.”
Tickets available at LiUnited.org

06/03/2025

💥In 2020, the world rose up to say enough is enough as it relates to police violence & overreach. We can’t let this current administration take us backwards! Join us for the first NY statewide conference on police reform and help us make the changes that our community deserves! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

**Reserve your tickets TODAY: www.LIUnited.org/event-list

Long Island United is uniting organizers, advocates, legal experts and community members from around the state to re-ignite the movement. Seeds of Change seeks to uproot the deeply embedded systems that perpetuate harm and redefine what justice really looks like.